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Michael Cohen cites AI-generated court cases in his defense (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for Donald Trump, admitted to citing fake, AI-generated court cases in a legal document that wound up in front of a federal judge, as reported earlier by The New York Times. A filing unsealed on Friday says Cohen used Google’s Bard to perform research after mistaking it for “a super-charged search engine” rather than an AI chatbot.

I... don't even. I lack the words.

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[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

And this is the guy they want testifying about 45?

'my honor, I object on the grounds that the prosecution witness is incompetent'.

[-] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 14 points 10 months ago

Only so much you can do when you have to source your information from the dickheads that trump surrounded himself with.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Because it's devastating to my case!

[-] Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

"then he is on equal footing with the defense, objection overruled"

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